Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2007

Journal / Book Title

Communication Disorders in Spanish Speakers: Theoretical, Research and Clinical Aspects

Abstract

Spanish speakers, whether in monolingual or bilingual situations, or in majority or minority contexts, represent a considerable population worldwide. Spanish speakers in the U.S. constitute an illustrative context of the challenges faced by speech-language practitioners to provide realistic services to an increasing and diverse Spanish-speaking caseload. There is still considerable paucity in the amount of literature on Hispanic individuals with clinical relevance in speech-language pathology. Particularly lacking are works that link both empirical and theoretical bases to evidence-based procedures for child and adult Spanish users with communication disorders. Further, because communication skills depend on multiple phenomena beyond strictly linguistic factors, speech-language students and practitioners require multidisciplinary bases to realistically understand Spanish clients' communication performance. This volume attempts to address those gaps. This publication takes a multidisciplinary approach that integrates both theoretical and empirical grounds from Speech-Language Pathology, Neurolinguistics, Neuropsychology, Education, and Clinical Psychology to develop evidence-based clinical procedures for monolingual Spanish and bilingual Spanish-English children and adults with communication disorders.

Book Publisher

Multilingual Matters Ltd.

Journal ISSN / Book ISBN

978-1853599729

Book Editor(s)

Centeno, José G., Raquel Teresa Anderson, Loraine K. Obler

Published Citation

Centeno, J. G., & Gingerich, W. I. L. L. A. R. D. (2007). Ethical and methodological considerations in clinical communication research with Hispanic populations. Communication disorders in Spanish speakers: Theoretical, research and clinical aspects, 99-109.

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